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I'm hard at work on my reports from the Las Vegas Star Trek convention right now, but I thought I'd use this column to share some of the things that won't make it into my report--a few random sightings that I thought I'd share from the convention weekend.

On Friday, after a three hour plus flight to Las Vegas, my friend and I boarded a shuttle for the main wing of the airport. When we stepped onto the shuttle, my friend noticed a Trek star standing right across from us! It was none other than Brent Spiner--Data himself, not ten feet away from us! Though I thought we handled it well, Mr. Spiner did notice us checking him out. My friend gave him the manly nod, and I smiled at him, twice. Nothing. He was like ice. Keeping our excitement in check, my friend and I decided not to say anything, since it seemed clear he didn't want to be bothered. But come on, Brent--would a smile have killed you?

Trek's cutest couple of the minute has to be Linda Park and Tom Hardy. Hoshi and Shinzon looked like any cute, cozy young couple out for a stroll when I spotted them in the Hilton's casino on Sunday after they both finished up on stage. Linda even mentioned Tom a couple of times on stage. She said she spoke French, but that her boyfriend spoke it much better, and that Tom rapped.

Folks, little Jake Sisko is all grown up! We spotted the very handsome, very tall (I believe he's 6'4") Cirroc Lofton at The Rum Jungle, a strip hot spot, on Saturday night after his appearance on the stage. We thought about approaching him to say hello, but ultimately decided against it. Luckily it was early in the evening, or we might not have come to such a sound decision.

Trek BBS Today

Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Trek BBS:

The first details for "A Night in Sickbay" trickled in, revealing that Enterprise's loveable beagle would fall ill, causing great distress for his owner, Captain Archer.

Westmore Talks Trek X Make-Up

Michael Westmore previewed some of the villains in Nemesis at the 2002 Las Vegas convention, including the Remans and Shinzon, played by Tom Hardy, whom he outfitted with prosthetics to enhance the actor's resemblence to Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard).

Mulgrew On Gays In Trek

Kate Mulgrew (Kathryn Janeway) told the magazine Out in America that she thought Trek was behind the times in not featuring a gay character in one of the Trek shows.

Poll Results

Below are the results of the most recent TrekToday poll:

Do you like hearing gossip about how Trek casts and crews got along, or would you rather avoid such stories?

This Friday, UPN will air Star Trek: Enterprise's "Damage" in its new timeslot at 8pm Eastern time. Here is TV Guide's description of the episode:

The darker sides of Archer and T'Pol emerge in a tale of tough choices as the crew tries to restore the Enterprise after a calamitous run-in with a Xindi fleet. Released from Xindi captivity to a disabled, battle-scarred ship, a troubled Archer realizes the only way to restore the engine's warp capacity is to obtain the warp drive from a friendly alien vessel---even if it means taking it by force. T'Pol also wrestles with her conscience when her realizes her erratic behavior has started interfering with her duties, prompting her to reveal an unsettling secret to Phlox.